David Ige

“We have more endangered species here in our islands than any other state in the country.”

“Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.”

“Japan and Hawaii enjoy a special connection, and I want to honor this enduring relationship.”

“I challenge the leaders of public education to stop issuing mandates from the state office and to focus on empowering schools and delivering resources to the school level.”

“It's about grass-roots campaigning, meeting voters face-to-face, and above all, listening to what they have to say.”

“Japan and Hawaii already have strong economic, cultural and education ties, and we intend to build upon those ties and relationships as we look toward the future.”

“I think it would be more beneficial to protection of species if we could focus our efforts rather than paint a broad-brush area that is so enormous that active management is very, very difficult.”

“Any time and money spent on LNG is time and money not spent on renewable energy.”

“We are asking the question: What makes the most sense for public-private partnerships for affordable housing.”

“I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.”

“It's time to focus all of our efforts on renewables. We will oppose the building of LNG facilities.”

“There will be no name-calling when I disagree with anyone, no disparaging remarks toward anyone, no taking sole credit for collective achievements or blaming others when things go wrong.”

“I have reached the conclusion that Hawaii does not need LNG in our future.”

“I just think it gets confusing for our communities when the federal law is different from the state law.”

“When our economy is truly healthy, and everyone rises with the tide of prosperity, then issues such as the lack of affordable housing, homelessness, and hunger are greatly diminished.”

“As leaders, our job is to engage people so that they will want to participate in this grand experience in self governance.”

“I ask you to find your voice and use it not only to choose your elected officials but to shape the issues that will shape our lives.”

“As I prepare to take over the reins of your government, I ask each of you to join me in the process of governing.”

“Loss prevention experts report that professional shoplifters calculate the value of the merchandise they are stealing to keep it under the threshold amount to avoid serious penalties and prosecution as a felony.”

“I can sign all of the emergency proclamations I want, but that's not going to fix the infrastructure in urban Honolulu.”